The Secret Universe

"Whatever the tasks that your soul has agreed to, whatever its contract with the Universe is, all of the experiences of your life serve to awaken within you the memory of that contract, and to prepare you to fulfill it."-- Gary Zukav

Do you think that’s true? Do you believe we’re born with a purpose imprinted on our DNA, and it’s up to us to decipher the code, find the key that unlocks the secret universe housed within us?

Do I think it’s true? I’d like to. I believe I have a purpose, but was it something I was born with or something I have chosen on my own? It’s the old nature v nurture argument. Fate v free will.

I believe that I choose the path I stumble down, but I like to also believe that it’s my destiny to walk this path, and fate has some tricks up her sleeve, the sly fox that she is. But does God take an active role in my life? Is He that much of a control freak? (It’s kind of creepy to think so, but just because it’s creepy doesn’t make it false. You meet a lot of creepy characters on the road and you choose how or if you will deal with them.)

Can it be both? Can life be determined by nature and nurture, by fate and free will? Why the hell not? It’s comforting to think there’s a plan, that it’s not all chaos and random events, especially when shit hits the fan. You have a way to make sense out of something that is seemingly senseless, and who doesn’t want that?

So maybe it’s not God who’s the control freak. Maybe it’s us. Maybe we’re so insecure with our lives that snuggling up to God or fate or whatever term you want to use, is the only way we can fall asleep at night. Maybe it’s the only way we can get up and face the big bad universe in the morning.